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coal-black

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Coal´-black`    (~blăk`)
a.1.As black as coal; jet black; very black.
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Adj.1.coal-black - of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty
achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
Translations
coal-black [ˈkəʊlˈblæk] ADJ → negro como el carbón
coal-black [ˈkəʊlˈblæk] adj → nero/a come il carbone
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shouted Denisov evidently in a fit of rage, his coal-black eyes with their bloodshot whites glittering and rolling as he waved his sheathed saber in a small bare hand as red as his face.
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Scattered here and there are two or three dusky figures, clad in mantles of fur, with ornaments of bone hanging from their ears, and the feathers of wild birds in their coal-black hair.
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I did pretty well until I put the pie in, and then an irresistible temptation came to me to imagine I was an enchanted princess shut up in a lonely tower with a handsome knight riding to my rescue on a coal-black steed.
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